The day started well enough; I awoke to the sounds of Anna fixing her own breakfast downstairs at 6:30. Tara was still asleep. Anna did a terrific job of getting herself ready, and I had the foresight to put Tara down to sleep in the next day’s clothes, so we were all ready to head out the door well ahead of schedule for once. It was then that I got a call from the nanny that her car had broken down on the freeway and she narrowly avoided an accident. Things sort of spiraled from there into an ugly situation involving an asinine police officer and her ailing father. An hour later she informed me that the car was taken care of, but she wanted to look after her father, so I ended up staying home with the girls, unplanned.

Throughout the day, Tara seemed to be coming down with something. She’d been occasionally cranky since yesterday and was sounding congested. By 10am I was feeling pretty wiped out; having had a few nights in a row of inadequate sleep. After picking up Anna and having lunch at home I was hoping for a little downtime with Tara napping and Anna having quiet time. No such luck as the yard guys paid a visit and woke up Tara with the mowing and blowing. It was 1pm, both girls were up, and I was realy for a nap. I decided we needed to get out and do something, so I took the girls to SeaWorld for the second time in three days. We buzzed in just in time to catch the 2pm pet show, then hit the 3pm dolphin show. By then, Tara was looking really wiped out; even in the middle of the dolphin show she was asking to go night-night.

I picked up dinner on the way home, fed the girls, put Tara in the shower, helped Anna with her homework, and got some of the dishes done. At this point, with Anna falling asleep as I type this, my responsibilities are nearly done for the day. I’m hoping Tara sleeps through the night, but I’m going go to do bed as soon as Anna knocks out, just in case someone is up tonight.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.